My deepest regret from my years in public service is the failure of the United States and the international community to act sooner to halt these crimes. Madeleine Albright More Quotes by Madeleine Albright More Quotes From Madeleine Albright We have to understand where we have strategic relationships that require us to take a different approach. I guess the easiest way to describe it is: different strokes for different folks. Madeleine Albright strokes different way Foreign policy is now a huge field. It isn't just people who are studying political science. There are so many aspects to it in terms of understanding hard science for people who are studying climate change, or people who are interested in health policy or food security, or people who care about education. Madeleine Albright political understanding people When we're trying to solve difficult national issues its sometimes necessary to talk to adversaries as well as friends. Historians have a word for this: diplomacy. Madeleine Albright issues trying sometimes A skilled diplomat rarely generates extreme reactions. Madeleine Albright extremes reactions diplomats There are an awful lot of things going on that need understanding and explanation, but - to put it mildly - the world is a mess. Madeleine Albright community spring reality I can't imagine what it is like to be raised in a society where their only statues that exist are to you and your father. Madeleine Albright raised imagine father China is in its own category - too big to ignore, too repressive to embrace, difficult to influence, and very, very proud. Madeleine Albright embrace influence proud I'm a problem-solver. Madeleine Albright problem-solvers problem In 1953, the United States played a significant role in orchestrating the overthrow of Iran's popular prime minister, Mohammed Mossadegh. The Eisenhower administration believed its actions were justified for strategic reasons, but the coup was clearly a setback for Iran's political development and it is easy to see now why many Iranians continue to resent this intervention by America in their internal affairs. Madeleine Albright iran political america The Framework Agreement is one of the best things the [Clinton] Administration has done because it stopped a nuclear weapons program in North Korea. Madeleine Albright korea done agreement I do think that she [Hillary Clinton] will prove that she's the best, whether she's in the White House or somewhere else. I think it will very much be a historic moment, when we are able to say that we actually have done something like put a woman in the White House. Its very interesting to think about considering its taken us long as it has. Madeleine Albright taken somewhere-else thinking In A Man With a Pipe, my brother observed that although my father had been seen as intellectual and my mother more a creature of temperament, she had often been the more levelheaded of the two. In sum, we miss them as we love them, equally and always. Madeleine Albright brother mother father I think that we all know what evil is. We have a sense of what's evil, and certainly killing innocent people is evil. We're less sure about what is good. There's sort of good, good enough, could be better - but absolute good is a little harder to define. Madeleine Albright evil people thinking We went to the same college so I know [Hillary Clinton's] study habits, but when she was first lady of Arkansas, she did a lot of things already for children, and she was head of the Children's Defense Fund, and that's how I first heard her or met her, she was very very involved in really a very important social program to do something about children and women and education. Madeleine Albright important college children If you look at my life, generally, I've been put in situations which were difficult and which I conquered. Madeleine Albright difficult situation looks I think that the Middle East is the largest piece of unfinished business that we all have. I happen to believe in the democratization process. Madeleine Albright unfinished-business believe thinking Though I am flattered that Governor Palin has chosen to cite me as a source of wisdom, what I said had nothing to do with politics. This is yet another example of McCain and Palin distorting the truth, and all the more reason to remember that this campaign is not about gender, it is about which candidate has an agenda that will improve the lives of all Americans, including women. The truth is, if you care about the status of women in our society and in our troubled economy, the best choice by far is Obama-Biden. Madeleine Albright agendas campaigns choices And frankly, I don't understand - I mean, I'm obviously a card-carrying Democrat - but I can't understand why any woman would want to vote for Mitt Romney, except maybe Mrs. Romney. Madeleine Albright want cards mean Because of my parents' love of democracy, we came to America after being driven twice from our home in Czechoslovakia - first by Hitler and then by Stalin. Madeleine Albright parent home america It's important that we invest in America - literally. The terrorists wanted to destroy our economy, and we can't let our system fall apart. We also have to invest in one another. Madeleine Albright important america fall
